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Option 3: "Shall an Initiative be adopted that would prohibit placing housing units and prohibit grading on certain hillside properties, except for housing developments of 10 or fewer units, and that would define what constitutes a housing unit for determining the City's 29,000 unit housing cap?" Option 4: "Shall the Save Pleasanton's Hills & Housing Cap Initiative, that would, on slopes of 25% or greater or within 100 feet of a ridgeline, prohibit both houses and grading for houses or commercial structures, except for housing developments of 10 or fewer units, as well as define housing units for purposes of the Housing Cap based on bathrooms and kitchens, be adopted?" Option 5: "Shall the General Plan be amended to prohibit placing housing units and prohibit grading on properties with slopes greater than 25% or on properties within 100 vertical feet of a ridgeline, except for housing developments of 10 or fewer units, and to define housing unit for purposes of determining the General Plan housing cap?" Ballot Arguments Based on the proposed August 15th deadline for direct arguments, and the dates of the Council's regular meetings in July and August, it is recommended that Council determine at this time whether to write a direct argument in support of, or opposed to, the initiative. If the Council decides to write a direct argument, staff suggests that the Council consider the following options: Option A: Select a subcommittee of one or two Council members to draft the argument (which is limited to 300 words). If three or more Council members wish to discuss the draft language before signing the argument', such discussion must take place at a noticed public hearing. A special meeting would be required to meet the August 15 deadline. Option B: Select a subcommittee of two Council members to write and sign the argument, and also delegate to this subcommittee the selection of three third parties to co-sign (for a maximum of five signers). The argument would then be submitted to the City Clerk without need for further action at a Council meeting. Option C: Select a subcommittee of two Council members to write the argument. And, additional Council members2 agree to sign the argument as written by the subcommittee, and those additional Council members will not discuss, make comments on, changes to, or in any way try to influence the text of the argument drafted by the subcommittee. Such non-editorial signing can ' If fewer than five Council members sign the argument, delegate to the subcommittee the selection of third parties to co-sign the argument, for a total of five signatories. z As noted above, if all five Council members do not sign the argument, the subcommittee should be delegated the authority to select third parties to co-sign the argument, for a total of five signers.